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Rock Crystal & Epidote

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Rock Crystal & Epidote

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Description
Locality: 
Le Catogne, Sembrancher, Bagnes Valley, Valais, Switzerland
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.1 × 1 cm
Description

The light smoky quartz crystal is developed as floater, it is sharp terminated, water-clear and lustrous. It shows aggregates of intergrown epidote crystals. These are also sharp, end-pointed and highly lustrous. Not large, but a really nice, eye-catching and more uncommon specimen.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rock Crystal

Variety Of: 

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Hardness: 
7.0
Formula: 
Hardness: 
0.0

Epidote

Formula: 
{Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Strunz: 
9.BG.05a
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.0
Streak: 
Colorless
Type Locality: 
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